_WHEN JETHRO, THE PRIEST OF MIDIAN, MOSES' FATHER IN LAW, HEARD OF ALL THAT GOD HAD DONE FOR MOSES, AND FOR ISRAEL HIS PEOPLE, AND THAT THE LORD HAD BROUGHT ISRAEL OUT OF EGYPT;_ Jethro ... came ... unto Moses ... It is thought by many eminent commentators that this episode is inserted out of its c... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE SAID UNTO MOSES, I THY FATHER IN LAW JETHRO AM COME UNTO THEE, AND THY WIFE, AND HER TWO SONS WITH HER._ Thy wife, and her two sons (see the note at Exodus 4:20.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND MOSES WENT OUT TO MEET HIS FATHER IN LAW, AND DID OBEISANCE, AND KISSED HIM; AND THEY ASKED EACH OTHER OF THEIR WELFARE; AND THEY CAME INTO THE TENT._ Moses went out ... Their salutations would be marked by all the warm and social greeting of Oriental friends (see the note at Exodus 4:27) - th... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND MOSES TOLD HIS FATHER IN LAW ALL THAT THE LORD HAD DONE UNTO PHARAOH AND TO THE EGYPTIANS FOR ISRAEL'S SAKE, AND ALL THE TRAVAIL THAT HAD COME UPON THEM BY THE WAY, AND HOW THE LORD DELIVERED THEM._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_NOW I KNOW THAT THE LORD IS GREATER THAN ALL GODS: FOR IN THE THING WHEREIN THEY DEALT PROUDLY HE WAS ABOVE THEM._ Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods. The reference is to the momentous events which had reduced the country and kingdom of Egypt to the verge of destruction. In those tr... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JETHRO, MOSES' FATHER IN LAW, TOOK A BURNT OFFERING AND SACRIFICES FOR GOD: AND AARON CAME, AND ALL THE ELDERS OF ISRAEL, TO EAT BREAD WITH MOSES' FATHER IN LAW BEFORE GOD._ Jethro ... took a burnt offering, х_ `OLAAH_ (H5930) _ UWZBAACHIYM_ (H2077)] - a holocaust and victims. This friendly in... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IT CAME TO PASS ON THE MORROW, THAT MOSES SAT TO JUDGE THE PEOPLE: AND THE PEOPLE STOOD BY MOSES FROM THE MORNING UNTO THE EVENING._ On the morrow ... Moses ... We are here presented with a specimen of his daily morning occupations; and among the multifarious duties his divine legation imposed... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND MOSES LET HIS FATHER IN LAW DEPART; AND HE WENT HIS WAY INTO HIS OWN LAND._ Moses let his father-in-law depart ... into his own land. This statement confirms the view formerly taken of Rephidim, that it was not in Feiran, otherwise there was no occasion for Jethro to depart, for his way into M... [ Continue Reading ]